Nutrition Education

The University of Wisconsin-Extension FoodWIse Program responds to the diverse needs and resources of low-income populations by implementing community-based nutrition education programs. A major portion of FoodWIse is funded by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—Education (SNAP-Ed), a partnership between the Food and Nutrition Service of the USDA, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension Family Living Programs.

At the local level, FoodWIse staff works with public sector and government-funded organizations, non-profits, schools, private sector groups and other agencies to provide community-based nutrition education programs throughoutSawyerCountyand Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe.

Education topics feature meal planning, preparation and budgeting, healthy food choices and food safety. Teaching locations include schools, after school programs, group meetings for parents of young children, visits at WIC (Women, Infants and Children) clinics, discussions at food pantries and community meal sites and other locations where individuals and families meet to share food knowledge, such as at community gardens.

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